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person_n like_v to_o they_o ever_o pretend_v to_o exercise_v the_o power_n here_o assign_v unto_o they_o i_o will_v not_o be_v so_o froward_a as_o to_o tell_v he_o that_o now_o he_o be_v as_o much_o too_o free_a in_o his_o concession_n as_o he_o be_v at_o other_o time_n too_o stingy_a for_o shall_v i_o put_v he_o upon_o the_o proof_n he_o will_v want_v record_n to_o make_v it_o good_a that_o all_o these_o prince_n ever_o claim_v such_o a_o bold_a and_o unlimited_a jurisdiction_n though_o perhaps_o other_o have_v for_o what_o think_v he_o of_o artaxerxes_n commission_n to_o ezra_n whosoever_o will_v not_o do_v the_o law_n of_o thy_o god_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o king_n let_v judgement_n be_v execute_v speedy_o upon_o he_o whether_o it_o be_v unto_o death_n or_o to_o banishment_n or_o to_o confiscation_n of_o good_n or_o to_o imprisonment_n i_o know_v not_o how_o any_o prince_n can_v challenge_v or_o assume_v a_o more_o severe_a absolute_a and_o uncontrollable_a power_n than_o 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make_v they_o dangerous_a because_o when_o their_o passion_n be_v warrant_v by_o their_o religion_n that_o oblige_v they_o by_o their_o great_a hope_n and_o fear_n to_o act_v they_o to_o the_o high_a and_o than_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o imagine_v what_o calm_a and_o peaceable_a thing_n those_o man_n must_v be_v who_o think_v it_o their_o duty_n to_o enforce_v and_o enrage_v their_o passion_n with_o the_o obligation_n of_o conscience_n §_o 17._o but_o for_o a_o more_o accurate_a and_o satisfactory_a proof_n of_o this_o sober_a truth_n we_o will_v a_o little_a consider_v and_o explain_v what_o be_v the_o true_a and_o real_a meaning_n of_o conscience_n and_o that_o will_v abundant_o evince_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o nature_n more_o uncertain_a or_o ungovernable_a than_o vulgar_a conscience_n first_o then_o these_o man_n be_v wont_a to_o discourse_v of_o it_o as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o principle_n of_o action_n distinct_a from_o the_o man_n himself_o according_a to_o their_o loose_a 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conscience_n look_v to_o that_o they_o be_v innocent_a and_o though_o they_o themselves_o good_a man_n do_v not_o desire_v to_o be_v excuse_v their_o obedience_n from_o the_o command_v of_o lawful_a authority_n yet_o it_o be_v neither_o he_o nor_o they_o that_o can_v force_v conscience_n to_o subjection_n and_o when_o the_o magistrate_n drive_v if_o they_o grow_v resty_a and_o skittish_a it_o be_v because_o conscience_n stand_v in_o their_o way_n like_o the_o angel_n before_o balaams_n ass_n and_o then_o it_o be_v nor_o in_o their_o power_n to_o move_v one_o step_n forward_o but_o this_o be_v downright_a juggle_n for_o in_o plain_a english_a a_o man_n and_o his_o conscience_n be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n and_o such_o as_o the_o man_n be_v such_o be_v his_o conscience_n so_o subtle_a be_v these_o man_n when_o they_o declare_v themselves_o his_o majesty_n most_o humble_a servant_n and_o only_o beg_v he_o will_v spare_v their_o conscience_n and_o if_o he_o will_v grant_v they_o but_o that_o one_o reasonable_a demand_n ah_o how_o will_v that_o endear_v
the_o future_a judgement_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o see_v it_o be_v so_o immediate_o subject_a to_o his_o authority_n it_o must_v of_o necessity_n be_v privilege_v from_o all_o the_o power_n of_o all_o other_o law_n and_o jurisdiction_n but_o if_o this_o be_v a_o fair_a and_o logical_a deduction_n there_o be_v no_o avoid_v to_o conclude_v that_o every_o man_n conscience_n be_v in_o all_o its_o action_n exempt_a from_o all_o humane_a authority_n and_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v subject_a or_o accountable_a to_o any_o other_o power_n but_o the_o divine_a majesty_n see_v in_o all_o the_o other_o affair_n of_o humane_a life_n it_o be_v as_o much_o oblige_v to_o regard_v the_o future_a judgement_n of_o god_n as_o in_o matter_n of_o divine_a worship_n and_o therefore_o if_o its_o reference_n to_o its_o future_a account_n be_v sufficient_a in_o any_o one_o case_n to_o give_v it_o protection_n against_o the_o power_n of_o prince_n it_o be_v so_o in_o all_o §_o 18._o but_o further_a what_o 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